Something for the Weekend: 23-25 August 2013

ELLE's Culture Round Up

Words by Alexandra Rhodes

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Laura Ashley: The Romantic Heroine

Don’t miss out on your last chance to catch Laura Ashley: The Romantic Heroine at the Bath’s Fashion Museum, the first major retrospective to be staged in honour of the designer whose feminine peasant dresses captured children of the 60s. What’s more, it’s free entry over the bank holiday weekend if you wear her vintage designs from the 1960s and 1970s.

Check out cult Swedish brand Acne’s brand spanking new store in Kensington this weekend. Brand director Jonny Johansson has chosen to avoid the lure of super trendy Shoreditch instead choosing to house the denim brand’s second London home in SW7. Make a day of it and head to nearby Bibendum for lunch.

Don’t miss out on your last chance to catch Laura Ashley: The Romantic Heroine at the Bath’s Fashion Museum, the first major retrospective to be staged in honour of the designer whose feminine peasant dresses captured children of the 60s. What’s more, it’s free entry over the bank holiday weekend if you wear her vintage designs from the 1960s and 1970s.

Check out cult Swedish brand Acne’s brand spanking new store in Kensington this weekend. Brand director Jonny Johansson has chosen to avoid the lure of super trendy Shoreditch instead choosing to house the denim brand’s second London home in SW7. Make a day of it and head to nearby Bibendum for lunch.

The UK’s biggest and best fantasy and horror film festival FrightFest returns to the heart of the West End this Bank Holiday weekend with a record 51 fear inducing films. Get your weekly fill of blood and gore at the Empire Cinema this weekend!

The wait is finally over! Internationally acclaimed author of The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood releases her latest book this week. Perfect for a chilled weekend in.

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Polo Bar

A long-standing traditional London 'caff', this old school institution has had long overdue a lick of paint since opening its doors 50 years ago. Serving everything from posh fry up’s through to pies, carvery and even afternoon tea, the new spruced up Polo Bar delivers the best Britain has to offer. Perfect for the morning after the night before!

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